TW201622531A - Supporting device of touch pad - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a supporting device of a touch pad. The supporting device comprises a frame and a supporting body. The frame has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a first hole defined through the top surface and the bottom surface. The supporting body extends from an inner side wall of the first hole adjacent to the bottom surface, and the supporting body obliquely extends to the top surface. The supporting body has a connecting end and a distal end. The connecting end is connected to the inner side wall of the first hole, and the distal end is not coplanar with the bottom surface. When the touch pad is mounted on the supporting body, which extends obliquely, an interval is formed between the distal end and the bottom surface, and the touch pad is supported by the supporting body. A user can press the touch pad for operating left and right buttons of a mouse. The touch pad is supported and abutted by the supporting body only, instead of two resilient sheets, so as to avoid being pressed aslant.

Description

Touchpad support device

The invention relates to a supporting device, in particular to a supporting device applied to a touch panel of a notebook computer.

A typical notebook computer is equipped with a touch pad as a control cursor cursor, and the touch panel provides a button area for the user to press as a control for the left and right mouse buttons. Referring to FIG. 8 , the touch panel 50 is supported by a support device 60 .

The supporting device 60 has a frame body 61, a supporting piece 62 and two elastic pieces 63. The frame body 61 is formed with an opening 611 extending laterally from the inner side wall of the opening 611 and located inside the opening 611. The two elastic pieces 63 extend obliquely upward toward the top surface of the frame body 61 and are located in the opening 611. The ends of the two elastic pieces 63 are not coplanar with the support piece 62. .

When the touch panel 50 is assembled on the support device 60, the touch panel 50 is directly disposed on the top surface of the support sheet 62, and the ends of the two elastic sheets 63 are pushed up against the touch panel 50. The bottom surface of the touch panel 50 is suspended above the support sheet 62 and has a gap from the top surface of the support sheet 62.

The touch panel 50 further has two latching blocks 51. The two latching blocks 51 are laterally extended parallel to the side of the touchpad 50 from the side of the touchpad 50. The second card block 51 is used to hook the bottom surface of the frame body 61 to prevent the touch panel 50 from being pushed by the two elastic pieces 63 to protrude from the top surface of the frame body 61, thereby causing the touch area and the non-touch. The regional junction is not flat and affects the user's operation.

When the touch panel 50 is used to perform the operation of the mouse cursor, and the touch panel 50 needs to be pressed to perform the function of the left and right mouse buttons, since the touch panel 50 and the support sheet 62 of the frame body 60 have The gap allows the touchpad 50 to have a downward moving space until it comes into contact with the support sheet 62. When the user releases the touch panel 50, the touch panel 50 is lifted up by the restoring force of the two elastic pieces 63 to restore the gap with the support piece 62 for pressing again. Provides the function of controlling the left and right buttons of the mouse.

Referring to FIG. 9, when the two elastic pieces 63 are formed, it is difficult to ensure that the ends of the two elastic pieces 63 can be coplanar. If the surface of the touch panel 50 is not coplanar, the power of the touch panel 50 is different. When the left and right key operation functions are performed, the touch panel 50 is inclined toward one side, thereby affecting the operation of the user. It is necessary to further improve the support device 60.

In addition, there is another method in the prior art that additionally provides a metal elastic piece between the touch panel 50 and the frame body 60, and the touch panel 10 is provided to perform the mouse by the elasticity of the metal elastic piece. The function of the key, but the addition of the metal elastic sheet is bound to increase the cost of additional materials and increase the production cost.

In view of this, the main object of the present invention is to provide a touch panel supporting device that avoids tilting of the touch panel and affects operation during use.

In order to achieve the above object, the main technical means adopted by the present invention is that the touch panel supporting device supports a touch panel, and comprises: a frame body having an upper surface and a lower surface, and defining a pass a first opening of the upper surface and the lower surface; and a supporting sheet for supporting the touch panel, and having a connecting end and an end, the supporting piece system being on the side of the first opening An inner side wall is adjacent to the lower surface and extends obliquely toward the upper surface of the other side, and the connecting end is connected to an inner side wall of the first opening side of the frame body, the end portion is not opposite to the lower surface of the frame body Coplanar.

The touch panel is disposed on a top surface of the support sheet, and the support sheet body comprises a plurality of abutting top portions, and each of the top portions is formed by outwardly extending from opposite sides of the end portion, and the touch panel supporting device The cover further includes a cover covering the upper surface of the frame body and forming a second opening corresponding to the first opening, the top of the support piece abutting the cover One of the bottom faces.

One of the top surfaces of each of the tops is formed with a flange that abuts against the bottom surface of the cover.

The frame further includes a stopping portion in the first opening, the blocking portion extending laterally from the lower surface of the frame body into the first opening, the blocking portion being staggered from the supporting sheet without overlapping .

The angle between the support sheet and the lower surface of the frame body is greater than 3.5°.

The support sheet is integrally formed with the frame system.

The support sheet and the frame are made of plastic material.

When assembling the notebook computer, a touch pad is disposed on one of the top surfaces of the support sheet. The end of the support sheet is abutted against a bottom surface of the touch panel, and the end of the support sheet is not coplanar with the lower surface of the frame body, and has a gap therebetween for use. When the touch panel is pressed, the touch panel can be allowed to move downward, and the restoring force of the support sheet is used to abut the touch panel when the user does not press the touch panel. The gap between the end and the lower surface is restored for the next press.

The invention utilizes the support sheet body to directly abut the top touch panel, instead of additionally providing two elastic pieces to abut the top, and there is no possibility that the two elastic pieces are not coplanar to cause tilting when the touch panel is pressed.

The technical means adopted by the present invention for achieving the intended purpose of the invention are further described below in conjunction with the drawings and preferred embodiments of the invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the present invention is a touch panel supporting device for supporting a touch panel (not shown) and including a frame body 10 and a supporting piece. Body 20.

The frame body 10 has a pair of upper surface 11 and a lower surface 12, and defines a first opening 13 through the upper surface 11 and the lower surface 12. The support sheet 20 is for supporting the touch panel and has a pair of connecting ends 21 and a tail end 22 . The support piece 20 extends obliquely downward from the bottom to the upper side of the first opening 13 side. The connecting end 21 is connected to an inner side wall of the first opening 13 side of the frame body 10, and the end 22 is not coplanar with the lower surface 12 of the frame body 10.

As shown in FIG. 3, the support piece 20 is close to the inner side wall of the first opening 13 side of the frame body 10, and the inner side wall of the other side of the first opening 13 is close to the lower surface 12. The upper surface 11 extends such that the end 22 is not coplanar with the lower surface 12 and is spaced apart by a gap. When a notebook computer is assembled, the touch panel is disposed on the top surface of the support sheet 20 to use the top end of the end 22 of the support sheet 20 to abut the touch panel, so that the user presses the touch panel. At the time of the board, there is a space that allows the touch panel to move downward to provide a tactile effect, for example, when the left and right keys of the mouse are pressed. In the preferred embodiment, the angle between the support sheet 20 and the lower surface 12 of the frame body 10 is greater than 3.5°.

When the user presses the touch panel, the touch panel and the support sheet 20 are simultaneously pressed to provide a button function, and when the user releases the touch panel, the support sheet 20 can be utilized. The restoring force is applied to the touch panel to return the touch panel to the original position to retain the gap between the end 22 and the lower surface 12 for the user to press. The present invention is formed by the support sheet 20 abutting against the touch panel, instead of using the two elastic pieces that are conventionally disposed on opposite sides to respectively abut the touch panel, thereby effectively preventing the user from tilting when pressed. The situation happened.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, opposite ends of the end 22 of the support piece 20 respectively extend outwardly from the top portion 23. As shown in FIG. 5 , the touch panel supporting device further includes a cover 30 covering the upper surface 11 of the frame body 10 and having a second opening 31 . The second opening 31 of the cover plate 30 is disposed corresponding to the first opening 13, and the top surface of the abutting top portion 23 of the supporting piece body 20 directly abuts against a bottom surface of the cover plate 30.

In addition, referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the top surfaces of the two abutting top portions 23 are respectively formed with a flange 24, and the flange 24 protrudes from the upper surface 11 of the frame body 10. Referring to FIG. 5, when the cover 30 covers the upper surface 11 of the frame body 10, the flange 24 abuts against the bottom surface of the cover 30.

As shown in FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 , when the notebook computer is assembled, the touch panel 40 is disposed on the top surface of the support sheet 20 , and the cover 30 is covered by the frame body 10 . The upper surface 11 is configured to sandwich the touch panel 40 between the cover 30 and the frame body 10. The height of the end 22 of the support sheet 20 is restricted by the flange 24 of the support sheet 20 against the bottom surface of the cover 30, so that the touch panel 40 does not protrude from the cover 30 after assembly. The top surface is such that the touch panel 40 is flush with the top surface of the cover plate 30 to avoid unevenness and affect operation. In the preferred embodiment, the frame body 10 and the support sheet 20 are commonly referred to as a C-piece frame, and the cover plate 30 is a commonly-known appearance member. The frame body 10, the support sheet body 20, the cover plate 30, and the touch panel 40 are collectively referred to as a C piece. In addition, the support piece 20 is integrally formed with the frame body 10, and the frame body 10 and the support piece 20 are made of a plastic material.

Further, the frame body 10 further includes a stop portion 14 extending laterally from the lower surface 12 of the frame body 10 into the first opening 13 . The stopper portion 14 is offset from the support sheet body 20 without overlapping. When the user presses the touch panel 40 to press the support sheet 20, the touch panel 40 extends out of the support sheet 20 to block the stop sheet 14 . The portion 14 of the touch panel 40 is partially overlapped, so that the bottom surface of the touch panel 40 can be in contact with the stop portion 14 and blocked by the stop portion 14 to prevent the touch panel 40 from being excessively pressed down, thereby causing the support sheet 20 to be formed. Break or oppress the rest of the notebook.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention are disclosed above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and is generally Those skilled in the art can make some modifications or modifications to equivalent embodiments using the above-disclosed technical contents without departing from the technical scope of the present invention, but the present invention does not deviate from the technical solution of the present invention. Technical Substantials Any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments are still within the scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Frame Ontology
11‧‧‧ upper surface
12‧‧‧ Lower surface
13‧‧‧First opening
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30‧‧‧ Cover
31‧‧‧ second opening
40‧‧‧ Trackpad
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60‧‧‧Support device
61‧‧‧Frame Ontology
611‧‧‧ openings
62‧‧‧Support film
63‧‧‧Shrap

1 is a schematic perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a top plan view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 4 is another schematic cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 is a schematic view of the assembly of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention after assembly. Figure 7 is another cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention after assembly. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional touch panel supporting device. FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a conventional touch panel supporting device in use.

10‧‧‧Frame Ontology

11‧‧‧ upper surface

12‧‧‧ Lower surface

13‧‧‧First opening

14‧‧‧stops

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Claims (9)

A touch panel supporting device for supporting a touch panel, comprising: a frame body having an upper surface and a lower surface, and defining a first opening through the upper surface and the lower surface; and a supporting piece for supporting the touch panel, having a connecting end and an end, the supporting piece system being adjacent to the lower surface by an inner side wall of the first opening side, facing the first opening The inner side wall of one side extends obliquely adjacent to the upper surface, and the connecting end is connected to the inner side wall of the first opening side of the frame body, and the end end is not coplanar with the lower surface of the frame body. The touch panel supporting device of claim 1, wherein the touch panel is disposed on a top surface of the supporting sheet body, wherein the supporting sheet body comprises a plurality of top portions, and each of the top portions is opposite to the top portion. The touch panel supporting device further comprises: a cover plate covering the upper surface of the frame body, and forming a second opening corresponding to the first opening, The abutting top of the supporting piece abuts against a bottom surface of the cover. The touch panel supporting device of claim 2, wherein a top surface of each of the abutting tops is formed with a flange that abuts against a bottom surface of the cover. The touch panel supporting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the frame system further has a stopping portion in the first opening, the blocking portion is laterally from a lower surface of the frame body Extending into the first opening, the blocking portion is offset from the support sheet without overlapping. The touch panel supporting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an angle between the supporting sheet body and a lower surface of the frame body is greater than 3.5°. The touch panel supporting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the supporting sheet body is integrally formed with the frame body system. The touch panel supporting device according to claim 4, wherein the supporting sheet body is integrally formed with the frame body system. The touch panel supporting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the supporting sheet body and the frame body system are made of a plastic material. The touch panel supporting device of claim 4, wherein the supporting sheet body and the frame body are made of a plastic material.